2006 Kawasaki VN1600B6F

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition › module. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Electrical System › Ignition › Module	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electrical System › Ignition › Module

Filed Sep 24, 20072,500 milesVA

2006 KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLE. MODEL # VN1600B6F. PURCHASED ON MAY 1, 2007, FROM BURCHAM CYCLES, INC. 333B INDUSTRIAL DR. PETERSBURG, VA. 23803. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER ON 8/8/07 WITH 2 CONCERNS. 1. ON ONE OCCASION, WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 3RD GEAR TO 2ND GEAR, ENGINE CUT OFF. 2. ON ONE OCCASION, WHEN DOWN SHIFTING FROM 2ND GEAR TO 1ST GEAR, ENGINE CUT OFF. THESES INSTANCES OCCURRED ON SEPARATE DAYS. MY SECOND ISSUE INVOLVED A VIBRATION THAT CAUSED BOTH MIRRORS TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT THAT NOTHING WAS VISIBLE TO THE REAR OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THIS VIBRATION OCCURRED BETWEEN 45 MPH AND 70 MPH. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND REGARDING THE CUTTING OFF OF THE ENGINE WHILE DOWNSHIFTING. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE VIBRATION WAS CAUSED BY THE LARGE 1600 CC ENGINE. THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NOT A PART OR MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I INSTALL WEIGHTS IN THE HANDLE BARS, OR USE SOME TYPE OF RUBBER MOUNTING ON THE MIRRORS TO ABSORB THE VIBRATION. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER - 07V215000. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.